The Brookhaven leader., 1887-12-08


who had tAc reputation Of curing diseases.
| The Chris -.ian SAID, You must have al
! your Idols destroyed - The Act;hen gave
to the Christian the key TO his house, that
! he might so in and dc5trOy tie idols.
/ He battered to pieces al he saw, but stu
the man did not get well. The Christian
said TO him, There must be some idol in
! your house not vet Destroyed The
| leather confessed that there was ere
IDOL Of beaten gold that he could not bear
to give up. After while. when that
was destroyed, in answer 70 the prayer a.
the Christian the sick man got well.
Many a man la, awakened in lis diving
hour To- find lis sins all about him. They
c!ambered up on the right side Of tie
bed, and on the left side, and over the
headboard, and over the footboard. and
horribly devoured the soul.
Repent the voice celestial cries,
SU longer dare delay;
The wretca that scJrns the mandate dies,
And meets a fiery day.
Again. we need believing heart. \
good many years ago a weary one went
up one of the bills Of Asia Minor, and
with two logs en- his back cried out to all
the world, offering to carry their sins and
sorrows. They pursued him. They
slapped him in the face. They mockpI
him. When he gruancd they gromed
They shook their fists at him. 1hcg spit
on him. They bounded him as Though
he were a wild beast. His healing Of the
sick, his sight giving to the blind, Lis
mercy to the outcast silenced not the re-
vengo Of the world. His prayers and
bcncdictions were lost in that wiiirlwind
Of cxecration. Away with him. Away
with him.
! An! it was not merely the two pieces
Of wool that he carried: it was the
transgression5 Of the race. the anguish of
the ages, the wrath of God, the sorrows
Of he'll, the sturendoUs interests of an
uucnJing eternity. No wonder his lack
beat. No wonder the blood started from
very pore. No wonder that he Crouched
under torture that made the SUN faint,
and the everlasting hills trcmale. and the
dead rush up in thlir Winning sheets as
he cried, If it be possible. let this cup
pass from ne." But the cup did not
pass. Mono to comfort,
There he han@s. What las that hand
done that it should be thus crushed in
the palm? 1t has Leon hc2iHg the lame
amt Wipiag away tears. Nha. has tDat
foo; been doing that i -hoaid be 50 lacc--
atcd: 1t has been ing about Goirs
good OF what / .'N sictim been
gully? Guilty Il -..sl ,..-!. Tel.
me, We heavens and e@r;n, vas there ever
such another criminal? Was tncre ever
such Il crime: On that LjH of C,r@agc,
that sunless day, aiaid those hoWing
rioters. may not your sins and mine have
peyished: | believe it.
Oh, the ransom las been paid. Those
arms Of Jesus were stretched out 50 wide
Mat when he brought them together
again they might embrace the world.
Oh that / might. out Of the blossoms Cf
the spring OF the flaming foliage of the
| autumn, make one wreath for my Lord!
Oh tlat ell the tr.umphal arches Of the
world couli he swung in one gateway,
where the I<ing Of Glory might come in!
Oh that al The harp5 and truiupet5 and
organs of earthly music might, III one
anthem, src2E his praise.
But what were earthly flowers to him
><hn waiho.h amid the snow of tie ,rl.tt
lille, Of heaven! What We're arches Of
earthly masonry to him who hath ahou;
III, throne a rainbow spun out of ever
lasting sunshine! What We're al music
to hm when the hundred aijd forty and
-four thousand on one side, ard the cheru-
BIN. and seranhiIn. and archaageI, stand
on the other SIDE, and all the space h.
tween is filled with tie doyologics Cf
eternal iubilae!-the nOs;lnna OF re-
doemcd earth, the halicluiah Of rnfallan
angels. song after song rising about the
throne OF God and Of The Lamb. In that
pure high place, let him hear us. Stop!
hayps OF heaven, that our poor cry may
!,c heard.
Oh. my Lord Jesus! it will not hurt
thee for one hour to step out from the
shining thioug. They viii i1abe it al'
ur when thou goe5t back again. Come
! hiLAcr, o blessed one that we NAV Hiss
thy feet. Otn hearts, too long withhold,
we Row surrender into div ElcI.tH~.
When thou gooat back tell it f. al the
immoIta!s that the lost are found, AMI
let thy Fathers house ring with The
music and the dance.
They have some old wine in heaven,
| NOT used except in rare festivities. IN
tits world. those who arc accustomed II
use wine uU great occasions lrin@ out tic
beverage and say. This wine is thirty
wears old. or forty years old. But
the wine of heaven Is more than eighteen
centuries old. 1t was prepared at tie
time when Christ trod tn, wine press
alone. When such grieyou3 sinners rs
we come back, methinks The chamberlain
of heaven cries out TO the serN ants, This
is unusual JOY. Bring up from tho vaults
Of heaven that old wine. Fill al the
tankarts. Let all the white rob2,l guests
drink to the immortal health Of those
new horn SONS and daughters Of The Lord
Almighty" There is JOY in heaven
among the angels Of God over one sinner
that rcpentcth; and Cod grant chat that
one may be YOU.
Again, III order to have Il right heart it
must be a foygivinG heart. An old writer
says, To render good for evil is God like:
good for GOOD is man like; evil for good
dew. !, .e.T Which Of these natures have
w: Christ viii have nothing to do with
Us a, hong as we keep any old grudge.
We Lave all been cheated and he'd about.
There are people who dislike us SO much
that il VIC should GENE down TO poverty
and disgrace, they would say, Good for
hial! Didn't tell you so:" They never
have understood US, and never will. They
do not understand us. Unsanctiied
human nature says, Wait till you get a
good craci; at him, and when at last you
find linn in a tight place. give it to him.
Flay him alive. No quarter. Leave
not a rag of reputation. Jump on him
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